Marvel & DC Omnibus

Swamp Thing: The New 52 pulls Alec Holland back into the Green and makes horror feel botanical, intimate and cosmic at the same time. Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Yanick Paquette and the art team build a run where bodies bloom, rot answers back, and being connected to nature is never comforting for long.

Marc Guggenheim (showrunner of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow) brings his sense of TV pacing to the comic: each issue with its emotional arc, each arc with its climax, and the whole working as a serialised season. Focus on individual characters and the ethical dilemmas that define mutants. Good gateway to the modern format.